The grisly infrared camera footage records a never-before-seen hunting tactic. It may have implications for bat conservation.

Researchers have discovered that male noctule bats adjust their energy consumption with the seasons, using up to 42% more energy in summer than in spring. Researchers from Konstanz have measured the ...

For the past 25 years, Professor of Engineering and Biology Sharon Swartz and Professor of Engineering Kenneth Breuer ’82 P’14 P’16 have been fascinated by animal flight. The two professors have ...

Unfounded claims that bats get stuck in people’s hair, that all bats have rabies, and Hollywood’s influence (for example, the concept of blood-sucking vampires) often put bats in a negative light. The ...

Seeing a single bat flying around your living room can be terrifying; watching hundreds of thousands swarm from an abandoned mine can be mesmerizing. As spring weather returns, bat colonies are ...

Small bats are bad at converting energy into muscle power. Surprisingly, a new study led by Lund University in Sweden reveals that this ability increases the faster they fly. Small bats are bad at ...

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For many nocturnal moths, hearing sound waves is a matter of survival in the night sky. Their ability to detect ultrasonic ...

Saturday and Sunday evening just north of San Antonio at Bracken Cave one of nature's small wonders took flight as millions of mother bats who recently gave birth took the air for the first time with ...

If bats make you think of Halloween and spooky movies, Brett Hartis, lead scientist in Duke Energy’s Environmental Sciences group, would like to change your mind. “Bats aren’t traditionally the most ...

I had been to Texas countless times but had never visited Austin, the state’s capital. My wife had not been there either and heard there was a direct flight from Palm Springs. So, she arranged a trip, ...